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| - This place is pretty cool to check out, but the price point is hard to justify. I guess admission is fair, but they get you good with having to pay for tokens (used for concessions and food for the animals). Each token is worth about $2, so it's depressing when you use one token for a small amount of animal feed.
The bird cage and stingray exhibits are our favorite things to enjoy. Additionally, there is an outdoor play area that allows the little ones to get some fresh air. Like others have said, it takes about 2 hours to go through everything. The location of the mall isn't in the best area. The aquarium itself is enjoyable but not the cleanest.
Staff might be an issue here. Everyone is helpful and polite, but they could use more employees to help guests and CLEAN the exhibits more often. For example, on a Tuesday, no one was by the starfish and children were throwing them. There are a couple of hand sanitizers placed throughout the aquarium, but they need more sinks.
Ultimately, I recommend considering the price and going at peak hours/days. I have gone twice: once on the weekend and once on a weekday. The weekend was better since every station was manned by employees. On the weekday, we ended up waiting 45 minutes just to interact with one animal.
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